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It was not an easy task as I was asked to put a youth seminar together in another diocese, but God pulled me through it. The theme was called 'The Lost Church: Ephesians 5:22-23, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12, 1 John 2:15-17'. We talked about many things but the topics that I handled included relationships amongst the youth and the explanation that our belief is more of a relationship than religion. It was definitely not easy tackling these two topics because there were many things I could have said.
Recently, I've been preaching to many churches about being lukewarm Christians, and that is what God has laid on my heart. It seems like many people know about John 3:16 but many forget/don't know about Jesus' harsh words in Revelation 3:16. After the youth seminar was over, I preached on this topic and can only hope and pray that God will use this topic to speak to many in Uganda and let it spread like wildfire.
Last week I attended a graduation from the 4th to the 6th of May. To be honest, it's my first time attending a graduation, other than the one for my own high school, but you wouldn't really consider that a proper graduation. If you're wondering if I did graduate from college, I did, just that I decided to go to Bolivia for a 6-month mission trip instead of attending my own graduation.
Not only was it my first time to witness this, but to me, it was a big deal because a few of the friends I made in September were graduating. I never thought that I would be there to attend their graduation.
To me, I felt joyful at the fact that they are now moving on to bigger things, though not in the same location, but on the same field as I am.
At the graduation, there were many who attended but just so you know, maybe half of those attending were there because the vice president of Kenya was there! 
It was also history in the making in my opinion. Not only was this the year with the most graduates but they were also changing the name from Scott Theological College to Scott Christian University. A friend of mine was graduating from his diploma program and will be going back for his degree. To me, this is unique because he graduated on the year that Scott Theological College is changing their name and later on, he will graduate with the new name, Scott Christian University. Two graduating papers with different names but same institution.
Since it was my first time attending a graduation like this, it was an eye-opener to me. I thought that the students would all gather together and eat, have reception in a dining hall while the visitors would be there as well but I was wrong. All the graduates would break off into their own groups and celebrate with their community that they have invited. 
I had a huge dilemma because I could not choose which "community group" to attend for their "reception." By the way, when I say reception, it's not fancy tables set up with a 3-4 course meal. It's really loaves of bread, possibly chapati's, soda and cake. Interesting!
So my time off has begun and now, I am in Machakos (Kenya) as I speak. After spending some time in Kampala (Uganda), my first stop was Machakos, where I will be spending time with my friends that are graduating from Scott Theological College. I'll blog more about my experience in my next entry.
Since I've been here, the two missionaries that are hosting me and allowing me to sleep at their place (Jack and Karen Mitchell) have been very hospitable and kind.
May 4 - May 6 I was in Machakos (Kenya) for the Scott Theological College graduation; 
May 7 - 13 I was in Naivasha (Kenya) visiting a good friend of mine that I met at the Africa Based Orientation;
May 13 - May 16 I was in Eldoret (Kenya) visiting friends that just graduated from Scott Theological College; 
May 20 - May 22 I was in Mukono (Uganda) for a Youth Seminar. After a few days of rest, I got back to Arua. Yes, I know, a lot of traveling and not by air, but by road!
